Physics Literacy for Kids

Fall Registration is Now Open!

If you have a curious young scientist at home (ages 8–15) who loves to ask how and why the world works, Physics Literacy for Kids is now enrolling for the Fall semester!

Spots fill quickly, so I encourage you to sign up early—early registration helps me plan and ensures your child gets a seat in their preferred class. Let’s make this a year of discovery and wonder!

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Over the past year, we’ve been incredibly fortunate to host brilliant scientists from around the world who generously volunteer their time to speak with our students, sometimes after long days of teaching, research, and family responsibilities. These talks have inspired our kids, sparked deep curiosity, and brought physics to life in ways few textbooks ever could.

Our last speaker spent three hours talking to the kids and answering their questions, and he is willing to return in the summer for a Q&A-style session.

To keep this Speaker Series alive and thriving, I would like to begin offering a small honorarium as a token of appreciation for their time and expertise.

To make this possible, I’m asking for a suggested donation of $20 per student for the 2025-2026 academic year. With your support, I hope to invite up to 10 speakers over the coming academic year—some will give full scientific talks, while others will join us for interactive Q&A sessions where kids can ask their questions directly.

Please consider donating here:

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Physics Literacy is hosting two exciting speakers in the field of Quantum Mechanics this May. If your child in interested, they are invited! The talks are open to the first 100 participants! Priority given to Physics Literacy students.

May 15th, 7 pm EST Ava Zarkesh - An interactive session in quantum computing
May 21st, 7 pm EST Prof David Kagan-How to imagine quantum reality

Zoom link can be found: https://www.physicsliteracyforkids.com/speakerseries

We have enough funds for one full-year scholarship or two partial scholarships next year! Thank you everyone who contributed! my goal is to reach to 10 full scholarship for the academic year of 2025-2026!

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I strongly believe that physics is first and foremost a science of concepts, with mathematics as its essential tool — in that order. Without a deep understanding of concepts, plugging numbers into equations is meaningless.

Unfortunately, many schools teach physics by simply teaching how to plug in numbers into equations — a method that teaches a valuable skill, but not necessarily physics.

​This approach reduces physics to a mechanical exercise: identify variables, plug them into formulas, and celebrate when the answer matches the answer key. At the moment those children feel a sense of achievement! But did they really understand what they were doing? What do you think happens three months later? Most will have forgotten everything because they never truly learned it in the first place.

That's not what we do at Physics Literacy for Kids.

​My method places conceptual understanding at the heart of learning. I constantly challenge students with questions that guide them toward the core idea. Before explaining a concept, I encourage students to form hypotheses and engage their own reasoning. This guided inquiry method turns students into active participants, not passive listeners. Through interactive discussions and thought-provoking questions, I help students uncover the principles that govern the universe — sparking curiosity that will stay with them for life.

Equations are part of our journey, but not as mindless plug-and-chug exercises. Instead, we interpret equations as tools to reveal the relationships between physical quantities. What does a linear relationship signify? How does an inverse-square law look like? What happens to acceleration if mass is doubled? These questions bring equations to life, showing how math expresses the fundamental laws of nature.

Only once students have mastered the concepts do we fully introduce equations — and by then, problem-solving becomes intuitive. With a solid conceptual foundation, the math follows naturally, without confusion or memorization.

https://www.physicsliteracyforkids.com/speakerseries

I have created this GoFundMe campaign to provide scholarships to up to 10 students starting next September for the academic year 2025-2026. I will match your donations dollar for dollar. Let's work together to make physics accessible to every child. No donation is too small.

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My second workbook on Newton’s Laws, is now available on Amazon! If you know a curious child who would benefit from these books or my classes, please consider sharing it with them.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DY57RBVS

At Physics Literacy for Kids, we are more than just online classes. Our students stay together for years, forming a tight-knit community of like-minded young thinkers. They discuss physics, write stories, conduct home experiments, and grow smarter every day! My 10-11-year-old students can tackle AP-level physics without relying on equations—because they deeply understand the concepts.

Newton's Laws: Quantitative Physics Series Workbook 2 (Quantitative Physics Series; Suggested Grades 4-8) A complete set of solutions are available at the back of the book. Dr. Azadeh Samadani has taught physics for more than 20 years. She has been a faculty at Brandeis University, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, and a faculty at The Pingry School. She has a Ph.D. in physics and has nume...

I am excited to announce that Prof. Niayesh Afshordi, A professor of astrophysics at the University of Waterloo, and the Perimeter Institute, has generously agreed to give a talk to our Physics Literacy for Kids community on March 5th at 7 p.m. EST. The talk is open to all curious kids.

Join us for this fascinating session! The Zoom link can be found here:

https://www.physicsliteracyforkids.com/speakerseries

We are thrilled to announce that Sirish Subash, the winner of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, has generously agreed to return to Physics Literacy for Kids to share his inspiring journey! From his accomplishments in book authorship to his path to the 3M title, Sirish will give us an inside look into his remarkable story.

In this special guest appearance, we’ll hold an open Q&A session where you’ll have the chance to ask Sirish anything. He’ll discuss how he first came up with his winning idea, how he sought out mentors to guide him, and the steps he took to bring his vision to life.

We’re so excited for this opportunity, and we hope you’ll join us for this incredible event!

Friday, Nov 15th at 7 pm! Don't miss it! Link on my website!

Registration for the winter semester is now open! I have added a new session on Wednesday nights for new students who missed the September start time. Please let all the interested kids know!

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A huge congratulations to my dear student, Sirish Subash! I had the privilege of having Sirish as one of the early users of Physics Literacy for Kids last year! He is fantastic and will continue to do great things in life! Just like the many, many of you that I interact with every single day! You are all brilliant! I am in awe of every single one of you, and I am sure many will move on to shape the future!

14-year-old who invented device to detect pesticides on produce named America’s Top Young Scientist Sirish Subash is named "America's Top Young Scientist" for his device PestiSCAND that can help detect harmful pesticide residue.